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The Milken Institute, a national research firm, ranked Houston as the 27th best-performing city in its 2025 Best-Performing Cities Report. (Cassandra Jenkins/Community Impact)

Houston ranked 27th best-performing large city in the U.S.

By Carson Weaver

This year’s rankings emphasize job and wage growth, housing affordability and broadband coverage, and are based on data from 2023.

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Nonprofit Coastal Prairie Conservancy works to preserve species and habitats in local wetlands and prairies, including the Katy Prairie Preserve. (Kelly Schafler/Community Impact)
Organizations use conservation easements to protect property, ...
Houston ranked first in the nation in single-family building permits, said Lawrence Dean, president of Community Builders Advisory Services, at the Greater Houston Builder Association's Annual Economic Forecast on Jan. 28. (Cassandra Jenkins/Community Impact)
Houston housing market forecast to remain competitive ...
The development will be consist of 750,000 square feet of retail and restaurants, and 300,000 square feet of medical office space and self-storage. (Rendering courtesy NewQuest Properties)
Construction begins on $400M Texas Heritage Marketplace
Perry Homes is one of eight homebuilders set to join the newly announced 3,000-acre community from Hines. Perry Homes are also being built in Cross Creek West, another Fulshear-area community. (Kelly Schafler/Community Impact)
Hines to debut 3K-acre master-planned community near Fulshear
Harris Fort Bend Emergency Service District No. 100 has partnered with Calibre Engineering to create a regional facility aimed at preparing first responders for swift water rescues. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
$65M flood rescue training facility opening near Mission Bend
The Harris County Psychiatric Center is undergoing $8 million in renovations to be completed in the first quarter of 2026. (Courtesy UTHealth Houston)
UTHealth’s Harris County Psychiatric Center undergoing $8M in renovations
The sun rises over the new 419-acre addition to the Katy Prairie Preserve. (Courtesy Michael Morton Photography)
Coastal Prairie Conservancy preserves 1,329 acres through landowner agreements
The Houston Astros announced a 15-year naming rights agreement with Daikin Comfort Technologies North America. (Courtesy Harris County-Houston Sports Authority)
Astros announce new naming rights partner, Minute Maid Park to become Daikin Park
The Astrodome Conservancy announced plans for a $1B redevelopment of the Astrodome.(Shawn Arrajj/Community Impact Newspaper)
Plans revealed for $1B Astrodome redevelopment
The Green at Katy Park will bring restaurant and retail to the northwest corner of Morton Road and Katy Hockley Cut-Off Road. (Courtesy Read King)
Katy mixed-use development approved despite resident pushback
From left: Developers Russ Walker, Jacob Rice and Alex Kamkar discussed their residential projects coming to Waller County in 2025 at a Katy Area Economic Development Council meeting Oct. 22. (Kelly Schafler/Community Impact)
Developers focus on Waller County as Katy area grows
Fulshear Lakes Ltd. sold 24.87 acres to XAG Group, a Richmond-based commercial real estate developer, for a new mixed-use development. (Rendering courtesy Identity Architecture)
Commercial development coming to Fulshear Lakes in 2025
Elyson Town Center will bring its first stores in late spring 2025. (Rendering courtesy Realty 1 Partners)
Mixed-use development Elyson Town Center coming to Katy in 2025